Happy Turkey Day!!

Felix arriving and trying to figure out if preparations have began

Cousin Paul seems to maybe be a little stressed over when lunch is going to be

The aftermath...Everything is right where we left it for dinner!

Felix and I had the pleasure of staying in Atlanta for Thanksgiving. It was so nice to be home this year. Felix's mom came into town with his 3 brothers and we had a nice visit. We went to his Aunt Lisa's house for Thanksgiving lunch. For those of you who know my family, and know how uptight we are, you will appreciate these photos I have attached. Felix's family is quite the opposite. I seem to get a little stressed out at first due to the lack of concern or details that go into the planning, but the nice part about it is that they concentrate more on the visit and the spending time with loved ones rather than all the details. No kidding, my mom and aunts will start to stress 3 weeks before the event on who is bringing what. This amount of stress involves the actual dish itself, not to mention where is the closest place that can CATER the dish. Then, on the actual day, lunch is sped through in some sort of manner where you can barely get your last bite swallowed before your plate (Chinette of course) is snatched out from underneath you so fast because now they are all in a tizzy over how fast they can get the kitchen cleaned. The total "event" last approximately 2 to 2.5 hours and then everyone is off to the next stop for the day. Oh, how opposite things are with Felix's family. Everyone finds out what their dish of choice is to bring the night before. Then you show up and and other than the turkey in the oven (Thanks Lisa!), there has been no preparations. Everyone just joyfully starts to make their dish at various stages through the day and then lunch is served around 2:00 pm. The next big kicker is that the kitchen never gets cleaned! Everyone just hangs out and socializes the rest of the day, goes for a big family walk, and then goes to a movie. If you want leftovers for dinner, everything is right where it was for lunch! It is so nice and relaxing! So, pay close attention to these photos of the kitchen and the chaos and I am going to do a comparison photo for you when we go to my side of the family for Christmas. I have enclosed a "before" and "after" photo.